Brian Moehler News

Are you ready to be a champion? You are? I hope you know that championships are expensive, and, uh, well, the local baseball team is in kind of a bind.

The Astros have made a handful of moves through the first month of the off season.

Former Washington Nationals manager Manny Acta says he's been contacted by the Houston Astros about their managerial opening.

Although his list of candidates is somewhat set, general manager Ed Wade will check with the Astros' leadership this week before he starts asking other clubs for permission to interview managerial candidates.

The Astros have picked up Brian Moehler's option for 2010 for $3 million. Wait, what? "The Astros informed Brian Moehler today that they plan to pick up their portion of the mutual option they hold on the right-hander for 2010.

Brian Moehler began the season pitching on a bum knee and ended it on a bum knee.

The Houston Astros' offseason rebuilding effort begins with finding a new manager.

Houston Astros right-hander Brian Moehler underwent successful surgery Monday to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee.

On this date 24 years ago, I married Karen Thompson. We had met 11 weeks earlier -- yes, 11 weeks -- at a concert and proceeded through a whirlwind romance that seems like only yesterday.

Tuesday: Phillies 7, Astros 4. Record: 73-84. Today: At Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m. Pitchers: Brian Moehler vs.

After briefly making it interesting, the Astros could only watch as the party got under way in the fourth inning Wednesday night for the rally towel-waving masses ready to celebrate the National League East title at Citizens Bank Park.

Astros catcher J.R. Towles stood for several minutes with his chin resting on the padded rails of the visiting dugout at Citizens Bank Park and soaked in the Phillies' celebration after clinching the National League East division title.

TV: Comcast SportsNet. Radio: WPHT ; WUBA Spanish. Ticket info: The Phillies have about 1,500 tickets remaining for tonight's game.

Friday: Reds 10, Astros 4. Record: 71-82. Today: Reds at Minute Maid Park, 6:05 p.m. Pitchers: Justin Lehr vs.

The red-hot Reds tacked another skin on the wall Friday night, defeating the Astros, 10-4, before a crowd of 37,710 at an open-air Minute Maid Park.

Moehler wasn't exactly sharp in the first, needing 6 pitches to K Stubbs, 6 pitches to get Janish to FO to Bourn, throwing 6 pitches to Votto before he golfed an inside sinker into the RF stands.

Veteran right-hander Brian Moehler faces one of his former teams tonight when the Houston Astros host the Cincinnati Reds in the opener of a three-game series at Minute Maid Park.

Interim manager Dave Clark is trying to make the most of the short time he has at the helm of the Astros the rest of the season, which is why he's making an effort to communicate with his players.

In this Aug. 28, 2009 file photo, Houston Astros manager Cecil Cooper looks on against the Arizona Diamondbacks during a National League baseball game in Phoenix.

Houston manager Cecil Cooper was wondering Friday if Milwaukee first baseman Prince Fielder just wants to add to his agony.